The album "Mickey Mouse Operation" by Little People (Listen on Amazon Music) is one of my favorites from the 2000s in the instrumental hip-hop genre. All the tunes are simple and really cool. This is a short transcription of the beat repeat section from the track "Moon", similar to the DJ Shadow Drum Transcription I did. The snippet I play here runs from 1:22 to 2:25. I also synced my new Drumlites to the track. (commissioned links)

There are a few quick 'linear flourishes' in here. Linear drumming is when only one sound source is being hit at a time--or when no two sound sources are hit simultaneously. The hits are usually in pretty quick succession too. A lot of times when drummers use linear drumming patterns in a song, they are not usually completely linear but only "linear-esque". I think the drummers usually make a conscious decision to do this so that the parts don't sound "too linear", and consequently, without variety or space to breathe.

A couple of examples of linear drumming I really like are "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon (Listen on Amazon Music) with drummer Steve Gadd and "Digital Bath" by the Deftones (Listen on Amazon Music) with drummer Abe Cunningham. Here is a good article on "Linear Drumming Fundamentals" from Modern Drummer if you would like to dive further. (commissioned links)

Also, a thing about drum transcribing...I don't use drum transcription software because transcribing is half the journey! I want to train my ears as much as my limbs, all while tweaking my brain! I know that transcription isn't for everyone but I feel like I get a lot out of it. I find an inspiring influence, a lick, or just a new way to approach a drum part to a song.

Thanks for listening!

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This is one of the tracks from the remote recording sessions I did for the film Gringa--with zesty latin percussion! It was fun layering all of the percussion elements for this. I used congas, shaker, clave, and guiro to build this into a whole percussion ensemble. The score was written by Scott McRae and Ryan Rapsys and I was thrilled to be a part of the music department for this.

When I started playing music, I never got any music production or engineer training. I only studied music theory and how to play the instruments. I still haven't received any formal training for music production and I also know a lot of other musicians that haven't either. These days, with some decent equipment investments, trial and error, and trusting your ears, you can produce professional quality tracks like this. Now wait a minute, there's a bit more to it than that! But, the best part of remote session recordings is that usually you are not the mixer, just the engineer. So the journey is not as difficult as you might think! I will soon be adding videos talking about "how to do remote recording sessions".

Thanks for checking it out!

The gear I used here:
•Toca Synergy Congas
•Meinl Wood Guiro 
•Meinl Artist Series Shaker
•LP Aspire Traditional Clave


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